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How to disable the Search/Copy popup on selecting text in Opera

Opera 39 brought a new feature: popup menu on selecting text suggesting to search or copy the selection. I must admit that it is rather helpful for me in most cases and I can say I like it but someone will probably search how to turn it off. So here is how to disable the Search/Copy popup on selecting text in Opera.

Disable the Search/Copy popup on selecting text in opera

Go to Settings:

Head to the Browser section.
Unset the Enable the search popup on selecting text checkbox:

Once you disabled the setting you won’t have any popoup on selecting text.